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International Society and its Critics (Hardcover)
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In recent years, the English School or international society
approach to International Relations has risen to prominence because
its theories and concepts seem able to help us explain some of the
most complex and seemingly paradoxical features of contemporary
world politics. In doing so, the approach has attracted a variety
of criticisms from both ends of the political spectrum. Some argue
that the claim that states form an international society is
premature in an era of terror where power politics and the use of
force have returned to the fore. Others insist that international
society's state-centrism make it an inherently conservative
approach unable to address many of the world's most pressing
problems. International Society and its Critics provides the first
in-depth study of the English School approach to International
Relations from a variety of different theoretical and practical
perspectives. Sixteen leading scholars from three continents
critically evaluate the School's contribution to the study of
international theory and history; consider its relationship with a
variety of alternative perspectives including international
political economy, feminism, environmentalism, and critical
security studies; and assess how the approach can help us to make
sense of the big issues of the day such as terrorism, the
management of cultural difference, global governance, the ethics of
coercion, and the role of international law. They find that whilst
the concept of international society helps to shed light on many of
the important tensions in world politics, much work still needs to
be done. In particular, the approach needs to broaden its empirical
scope to incorporate more of the issues and actors that shape
global politics; draw upon other theoretical traditions to improve
its explanations of change in world politics; and recognize the
complex and multi-layered nature of the contemporary world.
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